What is CVE-2016-3625?

CVE-2016-3625 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Libtiff, classified under Out-of-bounds Read. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2016-10-03.

How severe is CVE-2016-3625?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.

Out-of-bounds Read in Libtiff

CVE-2016-3625

tif_read.c in the tiff2bw tool in LibTIFF 4.0.6 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read) via a crafted TIFF image.

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

EPSS: 0.018 (75.7th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

Affected products

Libtiff
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-125 — Out-of-bounds Read

References

cve@mitre.org (vendor-advisory, x_refsource_GENTOO)
cve@mitre.org (mailing-list, x_refsource_MLIST, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_MISC, Issue Tracking)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2016-3625?: CVE-2016-3625 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Libtiff, classified under Out-of-bounds Read. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2016-10-03.
How severe is CVE-2016-3625?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.